My point of view
October 29, 2025
By Dr Marlene Attzs, Economist Email: marlene.attzs@gmail.com Budget day was finally announced. The bell tolled at 1.30 p.m. on October 13, and the country readied […]
September 17, 2025
By Dr Marlene Attzs, Economist Email: marlene.attzs@gmail.com When Trinidad and Tobago severed the final constitutional ties to the British monarchy in 1976, we did more […]
August 27, 2025
By Dr Marlene Attzs, Economist Email: marlene.attzs@gmail.com On August 31, 1962, when the Union Jack was lowered and the red, white, and black was raised for […]
July 30, 2025
By Dr Marlene Attzs, Economist Email: marlene.attzs@gmail.com Recently, I attended an online World Bank conference on Development in the Age of Populism, and I thought […]
June 4, 2025
By Dr Marlene Attzs, Economist. Email: marlene.attzs@gmail.com On Saturday, May 24, I had the opportunity to participate in the launch of the Franciscan Institute’s Reforestation […]
May 1, 2025
By Dr Marlene Attzs, Economist Email: marlene.attzs@gmail.com The ballots have been cast, the people have spoken, and the dust is beginning to settle on what has […]
April 17, 2025
By Dr Marlene Attzs, Economist Email: marlene.attzs@gmail.com With general elections imminent, T&T finds itself facing several serious challenges including economic uncertainty and deepening social divides. […]
March 19, 2025
By Dr Marlene Attzs, Economist Email: marlene.attzs@gmail.com In the Caribbean, we are no strangers to tradewinds-–those powerful currents that shape our islands’ destiny, both literally […]